BA Third Year (Sem 5 & 6) Sociology – Daily Revision MCQ (English Medium)
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According to Auguste Comte's law of three stages, what is the final and highest stage of human thought?
Chapter 1: Auguste Comte
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Answer: C. Positive (scientific) stage
Comte said thought passes from theological to metaphysical to the positive (scientific) stage, which is the last.In Durkheim's theory, the solidarity of simple societies, based on likeness and shared beliefs, is called:
Chapter 3: Emile Durkheim
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Answer: A. Mechanical solidarity
Durkheim: simple societies hold together by sameness (mechanical solidarity); complex ones by interdependence from division of labour (organic solidarity).Karl Marx wrote 'The Communist Manifesto' (1848) together with:
Chapter 5: Karl Marx
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Answer: D. Friedrich Engels
Marx and Friedrich Engels published 'The Communist Manifesto' in 1848; it opens with the idea of history as class struggle.The theory of the 'circulation of elites' (lions and foxes) is associated with:
Chapter 6: Vilfredo Pareto
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Answer: B. Vilfredo Pareto
Vilfredo Pareto argued that history is a 'graveyard of aristocracies': ruling elites (lions and foxes) keep replacing each other.Who gave the concept of the 'looking-glass self', meaning we see ourselves as we think others see us?
Chapter 9: Symbolic Interactionism: C. H. Cooley and G. H. Mead
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Answer: C. Charles Horton Cooley
C. H. Cooley's looking-glass self: our self-image forms from how we imagine others see and judge us.Which Indian sociologist gave the concept of 'Sanskritisation'?
Chapter 10: Indian Sociologists: Ghurye and Srinivas
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Answer: A. M. N. Srinivas
M. N. Srinivas used 'Sanskritisation' in his study of the Coorgs: lower castes adopting upper-caste customs to rise in status.Which book was written by Irawati Karve?
Chapter 12: Indian Sociologists: Irawati Karve and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
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Answer: B. Kinship Organisation in India
Irawati Karve's 'Kinship Organisation in India' compares kinship systems across regions of India.In social research, a tentative statement about the relationship between variables, which is to be tested, is called a:
Chapter 15: Hypothesis and Research Design
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Answer: D. Hypothesis
A hypothesis is a provisional statement guessed before research; data collection tests whether it is true.A list of questions that the respondent reads and fills in by himself, often sent by post, is called a:
Chapter 16: Methods of Data Collection
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Answer: C. Questionnaire
A questionnaire is filled in by the respondent himself; a schedule is filled in by the researcher while asking the questions face to face.In which sampling method does every unit of the universe have an equal chance of being selected?
Chapter 17: Sampling
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Answer: A. Simple random sampling
In simple random sampling (e.g. lottery method) each unit has an equal chance, so the researcher's bias is avoided.
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